>We have all of the receipts and two standard commonly used shop manuals that
>seem to point out that even an idiot should know not to overfill the oil.

Yes indeed. But it don't take an idiot, it just it takes an ape trying too
hard to not break the budget that does not allow enough undisturbed time to
verify each and every step of the procedure. And the last step of the
procedure. Verify oil level, add oil, start motor to establish full flow,
shut off motor, verify oil level nominal. 3 minutes of compromise can bite.

Don't know what you do for a livin' but if you were a stock broker and you
screwed up 1 buy/sell transaction in a thousand 'cause you got distracted
by the office intern and pushed the button 2 seconds after the bell, are
you an idiot?   No, your just an ape who got flea bit. And this time, it
has repercussions. If you are the client and you bought, do you demand he
make up the gains that would have occured 'cause it opens a point higher 10
seconds post-bell? What if it opens up and you sold and the bell says 7,
craps, you lose, next player. (rakerakerake) (For more info, see my class
outline for Political Economics 101, Engineering Asset Shifts. For those
who want old tripe, shoot me a p-mail with Subject:Want Tripe, PE101)

T.P. Stephens
San Juan Island, WA